Golf

MASTERS HOLE OF THE DAY

By Chip Towers
April 12, 2014

Chip Towers

No. 4: Flowering Crabapple

Par-3, 240 yards

2014 third-round average: 3.706 (1)

2013 four-round average: 3.389 (1)

Birdies: 0

Pars: 23

Bogeys: 22

Over-bogey: 6

Review: Perhaps they should change the name to Western Water Hemlock. That's the name of the most dangerous plant in North American, and No. 4 might well be the most dangerous hole in golf. Just ask Brandt Snedeker, who quadruple bogeyed the ridiculously long, well-guarded, undulating par-3 hole Saturday. Historically the third-toughest hole at Augusta National, it annually has been one of the toughest since the tee was moved back 35 yards in 2006.

About the Author

Chip Towers covers the Georgia Bulldogs for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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